Hebrews 4:9

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Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 2:10 : 10 You once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.
  • Rev 7:14-17 : 14 So I said to him,“My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb! 15 For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them. 16 They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, 17 because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
  • Rev 21:4 : 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more– or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist.”
  • Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun will no longer supply light for you by day, nor will the moon’s brightness shine on you; the LORD will be your permanent source of light– the splendor of your God will shine upon you. 20 Your sun will no longer set; your moon will not disappear; the LORD will be your permanent source of light; your time of sorrow will be over.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
  • Heb 3:11 : 11 “As I swore in my anger,‘They will never enter my rest!’”
  • Heb 4:1 : 1 God’s Promised Rest Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.
  • Heb 4:3 : 3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,“As I swore in my anger,‘They will never enter my rest!’” And yet God’s works were accomplished from the foundation of the world.
  • Heb 11:25 : 25 choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure.
  • Matt 1:21 : 21 She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
  • Ps 47:9 : 9 The nobles of the nations assemble, along with the people of the God of Abraham, for God has authority over the rulers of the earth. He is highly exalted!
  • Isa 11:10 : 10 Israel is Reclaimed and Reunited At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic.
  • Isa 57:2 : 2 Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace; they rest on their beds.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 4:10-11
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    87%

    10For the one who enters God’s rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works.

    11Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

  • Heb 4:3-8
    6 verses
    85%

    3For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,“As I swore in my anger,‘They will never enter my rest!’” And yet God’s works were accomplished from the foundation of the world.

    4For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way:“And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,”

    5but to repeat the text cited earlier:“They will never enter my rest!”

    6Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.

    7So God again ordains a certain day,“Today,” speaking through David after so long a time, as in the words quoted before,“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts.”

    8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken afterward about another day.

  • Exod 16:29-30
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    79%

    29See, because the LORD has given you the Sabbath, that is why he is giving you food for two days on the sixth day. Each of you stay where you are; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”

    30So the people rested on the seventh day.

  • Heb 4:1
    78%

    1God’s Promised Rest Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

  • Gen 2:2-3
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    76%

    2By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing.

    3God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation.

  • Deut 12:9-10
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    9for you have not yet come to the final stop and inheritance the LORD your God is giving you.

    10When you do go across the Jordan River and settle in the land he is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety.

  • Exod 31:16-17
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    16The Israelites must keep the Sabbath by observing the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.

    17It is a sign between me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”

  • Job 3:17
    73%

    17There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

  • Heb 3:18
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    18And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?

  • Lev 26:34-35
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    34“‘Then the land will make up for its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate while you are in the land of your enemies; then the land will rest and make up its Sabbaths.

    35All the days of the desolation it will have the rest it did not have on your Sabbaths when you lived on it.

  • Isa 28:12
    73%

    12In the past he said to them,“This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found.” But they refused to listen.

  • Heb 3:11
    72%

    11“As I swore in my anger,‘They will never enter my rest!’”

  • Exod 34:21
    71%

    21“On six days you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest; even at the time of plowing and of harvest you are to rest.

  • 1 Chr 23:25
    71%

    25For David said,“The LORD God of Israel has given his people rest and has permanently settled in Jerusalem.

  • Jer 31:2
    71%

    2Israel Will Be Restored and Join Judah in Worship The LORD says,“The people of Israel who survived death at the hands of the enemy will find favor in the wilderness as they journey to find rest for themselves.

  • Exod 20:8-11
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    8“Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy.

    9For six days you may labor and do all your work,

    10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates.

    11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

  • Ps 132:14
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    14He said,“This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

  • Ps 95:11
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    11So I made a vow in my anger,‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”

  • Heb 12:27
    69%

    27Now this phrase“once more” indicates the removal of what is shaken, that is, of created things, so that what is unshaken may remain.

  • Lev 23:3
    69%

    3The Weekly Sabbath“‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD in all the places where you live.

  • Isa 32:18
    69%

    18My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet places.

  • Isa 14:3
    69%

    3When the LORD gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,

  • Matt 11:28
    69%

    28Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

  • Isa 14:7
    69%

    7The whole earth rests and is quiet; they break into song.

  • Exod 33:14
    69%

    14And the LORD said,“My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

  • Ps 132:8
    69%

    8Ascend, O LORD, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength!

  • Exod 23:12
    69%

    12For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant’s son and the resident foreigner may refresh themselves.

  • Heb 11:40
    69%

    40For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.

  • 2 Chr 20:30
    69%

    30Jehoshaphat’s kingdom enjoyed peace; his God made him secure on every side.

  • Heb 10:36
    68%

    36For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.

  • Lev 25:4
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    4but in the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath of complete rest– a Sabbath to the LORD. You must not sow your field or prune your vineyard.

  • Josh 22:4
    68%

    4Now the LORD your God has made your fellow Israelites secure, just as he promised them. So now you may turn around and go to your homes in your own land which Moses the LORD’s servant assigned to you east of the Jordan.

  • Lev 16:31
    68%

    31It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. It is a perpetual statute.

  • Isa 57:2
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    2Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace; they rest on their beds.

  • Dan 12:13
    68%

    13But you should go your way until the end. You will rest and then at the end of the days you will arise to receive what you have been allotted.”

  • Ps 94:13
    68%

    13in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.